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The Heartland Apiculture Society will hold their annual conference once again this year on the campus of Tennessee Tech University  in Cookeville TN - July 11-13. Many bee keepers will travel long distances to attend this conference – so Cookeville area … Continue reading →

An Inspector Class is being taught by Mike Studer on May 23 and 24 (Thursday and Friday) from 5 – 10 pm both evenings.  Thursday will be full time in classroom and Friday will start out in the bee yard … Continue reading →

We will be having a field day this Saturday May 18 at 1:00.  The location is at the TTU Apiary – we will be meeting at the picnic shelter at the Hyder-Burks Ag Pavilion, Gainesboro Grade, Cookeville 38501.  Everyone is welcome – everyone … Continue reading →

I have removed all entries from the Swarm Removal page from before 2013 – so if you want to get swarm calls you need to update your entry sometime soon. Swarming is the way that honey bee colonies make more … Continue reading →

If anyone is wondering when is best time to get involved in beekeeping. The time is now. The bees will be delivered early April, so they must be ordered now. You have 2 months to get your equipment, assemble it, … Continue reading →

This message is being forwarded at Mike Studer’s request. Please take notice. From: Mike.Studer@tn.gov To: Mike.Studer@tn.gov; jskinner@utk.edu Subject: Disease alert Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:41:51 +0000 Beekeeping Association Presidents, Please inform the members of your association to be vigilant … Continue reading →

Help! My bees are SWARMING! Well, maybe they are – bees do that, and it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, if what they are doing looks like this video, they are not swarming, they are orienting, and it’s completely … Continue reading →